Weekly Money Fund Check: May 8
By: BankingMyWay.com Staff

NEW YORK (AP) — Total money market mutual fund assets fell by $11 billion to $3.787 trillion for the week, the Investment Company Institute said Thursday.

Assets of the nation's retail money market mutual funds fell by $6.85 billion in the latest week to $1.289 trillion.

Assets of taxable money market funds in the retail category fell by $7.27 billion to $1.013 trillion for the week ended Wednesday, the Washington-based mutual fund trade group said. Retail tax-exempt fund assets rose by $412 million to $276.28 billion.

Assets of institutional money market funds fell by $4.15 billion to $2.498 trillion for the same period. Among institutional funds, taxable money market fund assets fell by $4.37 billion to $2.31 trillion; assets of institutional tax-exempt funds rose by $216 million to $187.69 billion.

The seven-day average yield on money market mutual funds was unchanged Tuesday from the previous week at 0.19 percent, said Money Fund Report, a service of iMoneyNet Inc. in Westboro, Mass. The 30-day average yield fell to 0.20 percent from 0.21 percent, according to Money Fund Report.

The seven-day compounded yield was unchanged from the previous week at 0.19 percent, and the 30-day compounded yield fell to 0.20 percent from 0.21 percent, Money Fund Report said.

The average maturity of the portfolios held by money funds was 49 days, unchanged from the previous week, said Money Fund.

The online service Bankrate.com said its survey of 100 leading commercial banks, savings and loan associations and savings banks in the nation's 10 largest markets showed the annual percentage yield available on money market accounts was 0.40 percent as of Wednesday, unchanged from a week earlier.

The North Palm Beach, Fla.-based unit of Bankrate Inc. said the annual percentage yield available on interest-bearing checking accounts was unchanged from the previous week at 0.15 percent.

Bankrate.com said the annual percentage yield was 1.01 percent on six-month certificates of deposit, down from 1.03 percent the previous week. Yields were 1.26 percent on 1-year CDs, down from 1.28 percent; 1.40 percent on 2 1/2-year CDs, down from 1.41 percent; and 2.23 percent on 5-year CDs, down from 2.24 percent.

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